MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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